31.   The tankan is a quarterly survey on business sentiment among Japanese managers.

32.   The tankan is a quarterly survey of business sentiment in which the central bank asks corporate managers whether they are optimistic or pessimistic in their business outlook.

33.   The USDA will update its estimate of soybean inventories at the beginning of the month in a quarterly survey to be released before trading tomorrow.

34.   There is no reason to sell until the release of the quarterly tankan survey of business confidence, he said.

35.   U.S. workers can expect an increase in employment during the next few months with growth strongest in the construction industry, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc.

36.   Yesterday the January quarterly survey of property developers said demand to buy newly built homes fell to its lowest level in three years.

37.   Overseas demand and public investment, however, may weaken, the Bank of Japan said in a quarterly economic survey released Friday.

38.   Overnight, the yen weakened on the release of a quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan that showed business sentiment worsened sharply in the third quarter.

39.   For clues to a possible interest rate increase, investors also were waiting for the release Wednesday of a quarterly survey of business sentiment by the Bank of Japan.

40.   Last month, the Confederation of British Industry said its quarterly survey of trends found that manufacturers were slightly more confident about the future.